How did you wrap the aluminum pans around the pipes to make it look good? Seriously.

cut the corners & flatten them out first.

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Originally Posted by MattPersman

looks similar to some factory heat shielding I have seen

That was my inspiration, many of the factory manifolds(non-subaru) come with crinkled alum heat shields, a bit nicer looking than mine but mine only cost <$10 including the ss wormclamp I picked up to secure the pans.